Louisiana Sale

 Sept. 5 is the Equine Sales of Louisiana Inaugural Sale. Almost overlooked and just spotted this one.

Spanking new sales pavilion two miles from Evangeline Downs with the nice manageable number of 280 horses in this sale.  I'd overlooked this sale and just spotted it. It's this Wed,. good grief, and would much prefer to avoid the sudden rush of a mid week two day 1500 mile round trip which by itself creates pressure to buy.  This many decent horses(by the catalog pages) you tend to be kid in candy store more than cautious buyer.  Plus the check clears on Fri. two days after the sale.  I'd have to get credit from them to go over $2500.00.  And a few minor problems such as getting a horse from Opelousas La. (two miles from Evangeline downs) the 776 miles to Kansas City?

The Catalog is interesting.  Slots are good to La. racing, and this is where all those nice 5-8 win regional mares sell their foals.  I counted 24 mares(colts only) with more than 5 wins.  Several in there with 8 to 12 wins.  Little different story however when u look at the foals in this sale.  Is there something wrong with my eyes or is almost everyone of Joe Adcock's foals inferior or rough in their legs? The first horse by Square Eddie e.g. pasterns a little amiss possibly--a tick long and slopey for the leg structure??? Scroll down looking at legs only to see the point..

http://www.adcocksredriverfarm.com/horsesforsale.htm

There's one very nice filly at the top of page 3.  Hip #5 in the Catalog:

http://www.equinesalesofla.com/ESL_Inaugural_Yearling_Hips_1-282.pdf

She's one of the few that pass the eye test here.  A little pizazz shows and very nice conformation. Dam as it turned out by Forty Niner.

And the Gold Tribute on page 4 with the white legs looks like a piece of work although for me white legs are a throw out.  How many winners do you see with 4 white legs?

Other than that Joe Adcock's consignment is pretty much a throw out for me.  Maybe three or four others I rate as marginal.  Dampens the enthusiasm a bit except for one thing--most of the multiple win mares are in other consignments.

Pondering going down there at the moment and whether its worth the two day trip.